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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

 

DIVISION OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
11 March 1959

Dr. J. Lederberg
Department of Genetics
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Dear Doctor Lederberg:

At the request of the military services, the Division of Medical
Sciences, NAS-NRC, has established the Armed Forces-NRC Committee on
Bio-Astronautics under the Chairmanship of Dr. Otto H. Schmitt, Pro-
fessor of Physics at the University of Minnesota. Its purpose is "to
acquaint scientific investigators with the military requirements for
establishing space as an operational medium for man; to consider and
report upon military problems relating to manned space operations; to
assist in providing sclentists and military personnel with access to
scientific and technical information pertaining to the bio-astronau-
tical problems of life in space; to promote the exchange of research
information on the bio-astronautical problems through such media as
meetings, symposia, and forums; to stimulate research on all problems
of life in space where deficiencies of knowledge warrant special ef-
fort; to further the science of bio-astronautics by encouraging the
contribution of the many related fields of science; and to provide
specific answers to specific problems posed by the Armed Forces."

This office is aware of your interest and contributions to the
general field of bio-astronautics. We would appreciate, however,
having more detailed information for our files. For this purpose
a questionnaire is enclosed. It is hoped that you will be able to
supply the needed information at an early date.

Sincerely yours,

Sam F. Seeley, M. D.
Acting Executive Secretary
Armed Forces-NRC Committee

on Bio-Astronautics
SFS/dck

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